AI writes in the wrong voice
Mark asks AI to write a caption for selling cakes, and it comes out stiff like a government notice. Bit says: don't describe the tone, give examples.
ZERO-SHOT
No examples: AI guesses
Asking without examples is called zero-shot. AI has to guess what you want, so it gives you an average, safe tone.
FEW-SHOT
Two or three examples is enough
Few-shot means giving a few sample examples. Paste two or three old captions you like, then write: write one more like these for the new cake. AI picks up the tone, the length, even how you use emoji.
WHY
AI is great at copying patterns
Because AI is a machine that guesses the next word, as in video 7. When it sees a repeated pattern, it follows that exact pattern.
TIP
Examples should be different
Tip: your examples should have different topics but the same tone. If all three are nearly identical, AI will copy them almost word for word.
USE IT FOR
Not just captions
This works for customer reply emails, sorting feedback into good and bad, or naming products.
This article is based on the video Give examples, and AI copies the right tone (few-shot) from the Mark học AI channel. Watch the video (in Vietnamese) to see the animations.